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Several Charges Dropped in Nick Forte Beating Case

This Tuesday a judge dismissed a handful of charges against Miguel Maldonado and Matthew Morris, the two men accused of beating and mugging Nick Forte […]

Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson (10) returns a punt return against the Detroit Lions during the fourth quarter of the Snow Bowl
Birds 24/7

Wake-Up Call: DeSean Feels He Can Do Even More

In his first season playing for Chip Kelly, DeSean Jackson shattered his previous career highs in a number of categories. His 82 catches were 20 […]

Be Well Philly

The Checkup: YES! Strength Training Burns More Calories Than You Think

• Think lifting weights won’t give you a good calorie burn? Think again. New research reveals that strength-training activities burn twice as many calories as […]

Shoppist

POLL: Should Store Mannequins Have Pubic Hair?

(Shoppist editor Emily Goulet has named this one of the blog’s top posts for 2014.) With American Apparel’s latest window display (it’s on East Houston […]

Philadelphia Wedding

99 Gorgeous Ways to Use Radiant Orchid In Your Wedding

Since Pantone declared the fuchsia-y/purply/pinky hue Radiant Orchid the 2014 Color of the Year, there have been many an Internet roundup suggesting how one might […]

Restaurants

Feel Good Story: Haitian Immigrant Gets His Own Philadelphia Saladworks

Today’s feel good story of the day involves Philadelphia and Saladworks. Ricardeau Scutt who immigrated to Philadelphia from Haiti in 2000 was given his own Saladworks […]

How To Layer Clothing
Shoppist

VIDEO: How To Layer Your Clothes Without Looking Like A Slob

It’s one of fashion’s trickiest things: layering. You don’t want to add unnecessary bulk, or look like you piled on everything in your closet with […]

City Life

2014 Gay Movie Preview: What’s Playing at Sundance

The 2014 Sundance Film Festival kicks off today in — funny enough — Utah with a generous itinerary of LGBT flicks. And while most of […]

City

Perhaps the Weirdest Show Ever Opens In Philadelphia Tonight

I know that we tend to be pretty quick with the superlatives in this business, but I don’t think it’s any exaggeration to say that […]

Be Well Philly

New Website PHL Yoga Aims to Get Newbies into Philly Studios

This is why I love Twitter, you guys. Because when interesting new people follow me, I always click through to their profiles to see what […]

Restaurants

Foobooz Jobs: Help Wanted

Looking for a restaurant job? Look no further than Foobooz Jobs. From line cook to executive chef, from stock person to general manager, there’s a job […]

Restaurants

Happy Hour Starts at Osteria Moorestown Tonight

Osteria Moorestown is rolling out happy hour tonight. The happy hour or more precisely, happy hours run from 3 to 6 p.m. and include drink […]

old city transformed home
Property

Splendiferous Interiors: Necessity Is the Mother of Fantastic in Old City (GALLERY)

The house at 140 Vine Street may look like a typical Philadelphia rowhome, but inside it’s anything but. Cross the rubicon of a traditional front […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Let Your Groom Know How You’re Feeling About Him With This Awesome Married/Single Brass Ring

So my darling colleague, Emily—you know her from her recently put-to-bed column right here on PW, Diary of a Marriage—just returned from the Joan Shepp […]

City Life

Construction-Themed Amusement Park Diggerland Being Built in South Jersey

Your kids may soon be begging you to attend another amusement park nearby. Earlier this week the owners of Sahara Sam’s Oasis, an indoor/outdoor water […]